Beauprez, 72.2% to Holtzman’s 27.8%

That means Marc Holtzman must petition onto the primary ballot in August, since he received less than 30 percent. His campaign says they already have a “substantial” number of signatures. They’re not contesting today’s balloting but his general consultant Boyd Marcus called voting a “farce.”

He said if the vote had been handled fairly, Holtzman would have had over 30 percent.

What does he mean, “if the vote had been handled fairly?” The whole process was changed for Holtzman. As a delegate to the assembly today, I can assure you that the Colorado GOP went out of its way to make sure Holtzman had a fair chance. Maybe he should have thought about campaigning a little better to get delegate votes. It also would have helped if his campaign did not lie about poll numbers at the begining of his campaign, if he did not say that he did not trust the party leaders and delegates, if he would not try to dilute the roll of the party by vowing to go around the party’s nominating if he did not like the outcome, and if he would simply disclose his financial information. If all of these things had been done Republican delegates would probably have felt more comfortable voting for him!

It is time that we, as a party, turn all of our resources and unite behind our nomination for Governor, Bob Beauprez!

Owen

What does he mean, “if the vote had been handled fairly?” The whole process was changed for Holtzman. As a delegate to the assembly today, I can assure you that the Colorado GOP went out of its way to make sure Holtzman had a fair chance. Maybe he should have thought about campaigning a little better to get delegate votes. It also would have helped if his campaign did not lie about poll numbers at the begining of his campaign, if he did not say that he did not trust the party leaders and delegates, if he would not try to dilute the roll of the party by vowing to go around the party’s nominating if he did not like the outcome, and if he would simply disclose his financial information. If all of these things had been done Republican delegates would probably have felt more comfortable voting for him!

It is time that we, as a party, turn all of our resources and unite behind our nomination for Governor, Bob Beauprez!

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.